Fisherfolk are worried about their livelihood, long provided by the 4,350-kilometer-long river, as dams change water levels
That has been a major point of contention between China and those who blame the record 11 dams it has built across the mainstream for much of the decline in downstream fish stocks and the sediment flows critical to floodplain farming.
Conservationists found the baby Siamese crocodiles earlier this month in a river in the Srepok Wildlife Sanctuary, Cambodia's Environment Ministry and the World Wildlife Fund said Tuesday.
The United States is the second-largest carbon emitter. Japan is fifth.
A company representative said the company had rented the 70 hectares from the state and had solved any potential land disputes by “giving fair compensation.”
Local authorities and wildlife protection groups took the lion cub on June 27, and sent it to Phnom Tamao Zoological Park, after videos surfaced on social media application TikTok showing the lion in the central Phnom Penh villa.
U.N. researchers say drought has affected more people around the world in the past four decades than any other natural disaster. The U.N. report warns the impact of the climate-driven drought emergency on the lives and livelihoods of people across the planet will worsen in the coming years.
On June 2, Phnom Penh City Hall issued an eviction notice for residents of floating houses, illegal fish farms and small houseboats on the Tonlé Sap, the Mekong and a third river, the nearby Bassac.
Residents living in floating homes were given one week to move while authorities would not be responsible for any actions taken.
They urge U.S. and ASEAN regional bloc support for addressing threats to the Mekong River and call for improved water data sharing by countries all along the river.
Activists have been pushing the government to allow groups like the Prey Lang Community Network, which ran forest patrols till last year, to monitor illegal logging activities in the protected area.
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